Help! My Husband Is So Excited for Me to Join Him in Retirement. Uh, I Can’t Live Like Him.
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Help! My Husband Is So Excited for Me to Join Him in Retirement. Uh, I Can’t Live Like Him.

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Every week, Dear Prudence answers additional questions from readers, just for Slate Plus members. A: Maybe I’m lacking imagination here but I don’t think you’re going to teach a 50-something-year-old retired man who loves to lie on the couch to start initiating plans. He’s an old dog, and the emotional labor of social coordinating would be a new trick. The name of the game here is balance: Set aside one weekend day a month to “do nothing” with him. Leave the remaining weekend open for him to plan one of the things he’s into, and let him know that you’re awaiting details.

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